| Animal Feeding |
Location where animals, except aquatic animals, are kept. |
Facility » Agriculture » Animal » Growing » Animal Feeding |
| Aquaculture/Hatchery |
Location where marine and freshwater aquatic organisms (plants and animals) are cultivated (maintenance or production) under controlled conditions |
Facility » Agriculture » Animal » Growing » Aquaculture/Hatchery |
| Boatyard/Shipyard |
Location where boats or ships are built, repaired, stored, rented or sold. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Manufacturing » Boatyard/Shipyard |
| Campground |
Location where campers and their equipment, including tents, tent trailers, travel trailers, and recreational vehicles are hosted. Access to facilities such as washrooms, laundry rooms, recreation halls and playgrounds, stores, and snack bars may also be present. |
Facility » Recreational » Campground |
| Collection_System |
Location where there is a network of pipes and pumping systems used to convey sewage and/or industrial wastewater to a wastewater treatment facility. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Utility » Collection_System |
| Composting Facility |
Location where organic material such as food, manure, and green waste are turned into compost. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Waste Management Unit » Composting Facility |
| Concrete Manufacturing |
Location where concrete is mixed and trucks are loaded for transport to construction sites (often referred as ready-mixed concrete) or where concrete is mixed and used to manufacture prefabricated structural elements (often referred to as precast concrete manufacturing). Includes washing of transport vehicles and equipment, handling and recycling of returned or rejected concrete and/or concrete demolition debris. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Manufacturing » Concrete Manufacturing |
| Development Site, Not Elswhere Classified (NEC) |
Location where land is being developed for non-agricultural use, including construction of infrastructure (roads, etc.) and/or structures. If there is another place type that describes the activity at the place more specifically, use that place type instead. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Development » Development Site, NEC |
| Domestic Site Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC) |
Location where a domestic activity (i.e. community based, non-industrial) has or is creating a discharge regulated or potentially regulated by the Water Boards. This place type is appropriate for places such as highway rest stops, farm labor camps, or office buildings. If there is another place type that describes the activity at the place more specifically, use that place type instead. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Domestic Site NEC |
| Dredge/Fill Site |
Location where material is being excavated or dredged from waters of the State or location that is filled with material to change the topography either to elevate dry land, or change the bottom elevation of a waterbody. (If dredging is for aggregate mining, use the place type of Aggregate Mining.) |
Physical site » Discharge source » Facility » All Other » Dredge/Fill site |
| Food Processing |
Location where raw or prepared animal, mineral, and vegetable materials are manufactured or processed into intermediate foods or edible products. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Food Processor » Food Processing |
| Groundwater Cleanup Site |
This place type was used to describe discharges of treated groundwater. As it describes the discharge more than the primary activity at the site, it should only be used for existing data. An Industrial and Commercial Services place type may be appropriate for a site where groundwater cleanup is taking place. |
Facility » Groundwater Cleanup Site |
| Habitat Restoration Area |
Location where the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site are being manipulated with the goal of returning the majority of natural functions to the lost or degraded native habitat. |
Physical site » Discharge source » Facility » All Other » Habitat Restoration Area |
| Hot Springs |
Location that provides facilities for guests to patronize a natural spring discharging water that is above body temperature. This place type is for the establishment making the hot spring a recreation site. For data entry of the waterbody itself into CIWQS, use an unregulated place that is a subtype of waterbody. |
Facility » Recreational » Hot Springs |
| Irrigated Lands |
Location where agricultural lands are irrigated, except when recycled or reused water is used (see Recycled Water User Area or Land Application Site). |
Facility » Agriculture » Plants and Trees » Irrigated Land » Irrigated Lands |
| Laboratory |
Location where physical, chemical, and other analytical testing is performed. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Service/Commercial » Laboratory |
| Land Treatment Unit |
Location operated as a waste management unit where the hazardous waste is applied directly on the soil surface or incorporated into the upper layers of the soil in order to degrade, transform, or immobilize the hazardous constituents. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Waste Management Unit » Land Treatment Unit |
| Landfill |
Location operated as a waste management unit where solid waste is discharged in or on land for disposal. It does not include surface impoundment, waste pile, land treatment unit, injection well, or soil amendments. Typically this refers to sites regulated under Title 27. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Waste Management Unit » Landfill |
| Logging Road |
Location used by trucks going to and from areas where forest products are concentrated prior to loading for transport. Public roads are not included. |
Facility » Agriculture » Plants and Trees » Timber » Logging Road |
| Manufacturing Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC) |
Location where a raw material is processed into a finished product. If there is another place type that describes the activity at the place more specifically, use that place type instead. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Manufacturing » Manufacturing NEC |
| Marina |
Location where a dock or basin provides a secure mooring for pleasure boats and may offer supply, repair, and other facilities. |
Facility » Recreational » Marina |
| Meat Packing |
Location where cattle or other animals are processed for sale. It may include the packaging of processed meat products. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Food Processor » Meat Packing |
| Metal Mining |
Location where mining and/or processing of metals occur (e.g., gold mine); includes all related activities needed for production of the mined material product, such as crushing, classification, washing, chemical extraction, and dust suppression. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Mining » Metal Mining |
| Military Facility |
Location related to the armed forces. It could be used for storage or to house other activities. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Military Facility |
| Mobile Home Park |
Location where there is a concentration of mobile homes and/or recreational vehicles from which domestic wastewater is collected and treated in an onsite wastewater treatment system. Wastewater from these sites is typically not industrial waste. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Residence/Education » Mobile Home Park |
| MS4 |
Location comprised of a network of pipes and other conveyances that is used to convey stormwater. MS4 stands for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Utility » MS4 |
| Nursery/Hydroponics |
Location where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study. The plants may be grown in soil or liquid solution. |
Facility » Agriculture » Plants and Trees » Nursery/Hydroponics |
| Oil/Gas Extraction |
Location where oil and gas are extracted and/or explored from the environment. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Mining » Oil/Gas Extraction |
| Outdoor Event Venue |
Location where temporary or permanent structures are constructed to house or provide services for an outdoor entertainment event (e.g., fireworks, sporting events, concerts). |
Facility » Recreational » Outdoor Event Venue |
| Petroleum Refinery |
Location where petroleum is refined, or where crude oil is separated through physical, chemical, or thermal processes into its major distillation fractions, which are then further processed into final petroleum products. Final petroleum products may include fuels, nonfuel products like solvents and greases, and chemical industry feedstocks. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Manufacturing » Petroleum Refinery |
| Power Plant |
Location where power is generated utilizing engines, dynamos, etc., The plant also includes the building or buildings associated with this equipment. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Utility » Power Plant |
| Prison |
Location comprised of a building or set of buildings used for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial or persons sentenced after conviction. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Residence/Education » Prison |
| Pulp and Paper |
Location where products are made into a soft, moist material for making paper or where paper itself is made. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Manufacturing » Pulp and Paper |
| Recycled Water Use Area |
Location where recycled water regulated under Title 22 is applied. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Utility » Recycled Water Use Area |
| Rendering |
Location where animal products, such as fats and bones, are processed. This does not include meat for human consumption. |
Facility » Agriculture » Animal » Rendering |
| Residence, Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC) |
Location where people live. If there is another place type that describes the activity at the place more specifically, use that place type instead. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Residence/Education » Residence, NEC |
| Restaurant |
Location where meals, snacks, and beverages are prepared for immediate on-premises and off-premises consumption. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Service/Commercial » Restaurant |
| Salt Mining |
Location where mining and/or processing of salts occur (e.g., borax mine); includes all related activities needed for production of the mined material product, such as crushing, classification, washing, chemical extraction, and dust suppression. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Mining » Salt Mining |
| Sand and Gravel Mining |
Locations where mining of sand, gravel, or rock occur (e.g., quarries, gravel pits); includes all related activities needed for production of the mined material product, such as crushing, classification, washing and dust suppression. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Mining » Sand and Gravel Mining |
| Saw Mill |
Location where logged timber is turned into raw lumber, a process that prepares the timber for construction, industrial, or furniture products. Activities at a saw mill include, but are not limited to, storage, debarking, drying, and surface protection. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Manufacturing » Saw Mill |
| Service/Commercial Site, Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC) |
Location where items are manufactured or services are rendered that has or is creating a discharge regulated or potentially regulated by the Water Boards. This place type is appropriate for places such as landromats, where the discharge is treated groundwater, or for a sprocket manufacturer where the discharge is wastewater. If there is another place type that describes the activity at the place more specifically, use that place type instead. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Service/Commercial » Service/Commercial Site, NEC |
| Slaughtering/Packing |
Location where animals are killed and/or processed and canned, cooked, cured, or frozen. |
Facility » Agriculture » Animal » Slaughtering/Packing |
| Surface Impoundment |
Location subject to regulation under Title 27 CCR which is a natural topographic depression, excavation, or diked area, engineered to contain liquid wastes or wastes containing free liquids. Does not include injection wells or wastewater ponds, lagoons or impoundments that are exempt from Title 27. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Waste Management Unit » Surface Impoundment |
| Swimming Pools |
Location comprised of a pool or collection of pools for swimming. |
Facility » Recreational » Swimming Pools |
| Tanning and Leather Finishing |
Location where animal hides and skins are processed and made into leather. |
Facility » Industrial and Commercial Services » Food Processor » Tanning and Leather Finishing |
| Timber Harvesting |
Location where trees are logged or ancillary activities are performed in order to remove them. |
Facility » Agriculture » Plants and Trees » Timber » Timber Harvesting |
| Utility Structure |
Location where facilities are constructed, maintained, or removed by a utility company, such as vault or overhead power lines. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Utility » Utility Structure |
| Waste Pile |
Location where non-containerized piles of solid, non-liquid, non-hazardous waste that are used for temporary storage or treatment. These are typically regulated by Title 27. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Waste Management Unit » Waste Pile |
| Wastewater Treatment Facility |
Location where sewage or industrial waste is treated and/or reclaimed. The facilities may be either publicly or privately owned. If it is privately owned, it must be regulated by the Public Utilities Commission or the Regional Board to be considered a wastewater treatment facility. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Utility » Wastewater Treatment Facility |
| Water Treatment Plant |
Location where raw water is treated for distribution and use. Includes coagulation, disinfection, desalinization, and any process to remove undesirable compounds or matter. It also includes storage facilities of the untreated, partially treated, and treated water. Water Treatment Plants do not include “polishers” for recycled water, these facilities should be classified as Wastewater Treatment Facilities. |
Facility » Domestic Service Facility » Utility » Water Treatment Plant |
| Waterway/Shoreline Mod Site |
Location where stream and river channels, dams and water impoundments, and streambanks/shorelines, are modified by both natural and anthropogenic processes. |
Facility » All Other » Hydro-modification » Waterway/Shoreline Mod Site |
